Saw-handle.



No. 746,635 PATENTED DEC. 8, .1903

T. LAUGHLIN.

- SAW HANDLE. APPLIOATION TILED MAB. 9, 1903.

no MODEL.

- A TTOHNE Y NITED STATES Patente'dDecember 8, 1903.

THOMAS LAUGHLIN, OF CABLE, WISCONSIN.

SAW-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,635, dated December 8, 1903. Application filed March 9, 1903- Serial Nb. 146,879. (No model.)

the novel construction of handle more fully' set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure Us a side elevation of my invention applied to a saw. Fig. 2 is a plan of the saw. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4.- of Fig. l.

The object of my invention is to provide a handle for crosscut-saws which may be readily attached to or detached from the blade, one whose position shall be wholly above the upper edge of the blade, this being the most desirable position for the handle,and one possessing further and other advantages better apparent from a detailed description of the invention, which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a handle one end of which is provided with a fork 2, at the base of which is riveted or otherwise rigidly secured a bar 3, which projects a suitable distance on either side of the fork. The inner end of the bar 3 terminates in a hook 4., which is adapted to engage a depression 5 along the upper edge of the blade S, the opposite or outer end of the bar terminatingin a depending arm 6, which carriesa clamping-screw 7, the inner end of the latter engaging a swinging pawl 8, pivoted to the bar directly to the rear of the 'arm 6. The

free end of the pawl is adapted to engage a notch 9, formed in the end of the blade. Be-

the blade.

tween the pawl 8 and the hook 4. the bar 3is provided with a teat or lug 10, which rests in a depression 10, formed in the upper edge of By the arrangement as described the handle may be rigidly clamped to the blade and be detached therefrom at a moments notice. The fork arms 2 prevent any lateral displacement of the blade, the remaining parts described insuring a rigid connection in other respects with the handle.

It is of course apparent that the details may be altered in minor particulars without departing fromthe nature or spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I end of the saw-blade, substantial-1y as set forth.

2. Asaw-handlecomprisingahandleproper, a forked extension at one end thereof,a rigid bar located at the base of and between the members of the fork, a hook at the inner end of the bar, a depending arm at the outer end of the bar, a binding-screw carried by the arm, a pivoted pawl located rearwardly of the arm, and secured to the bar, a teat or lug disposed along thelower edge of the bar between the pawl and hook, the parts operating substantially as, and for the purpose set forth. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS LAUGHLIN. Witnesses:

WM. ALEXANDER, J. E. MAOCARTHY. 

